I've never been in a studio where a click track wasn't used, even initally, when track laying. It's exceptionally important, especially in these days of digital audio edits, to be able to tranfer one passage to another point in a song, or create an "overture" without timing issues. No-one I've ever met will play an entire song at the same tempo all the way through.

If you want to make the whole production process difficult, then don't start with a click track. You'll wish you did in the end.

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